I forgot to mention the "stink-eye" at AK............... as you know we had lunch at Flame Tree BBQ. Well, me being the informed DISser that I am know that at the podiums you order on both sides. Well, there were several lines of people, but most were all on one side of the podium. So I walk on up to an empty side and wait my turn. I ignored all the stink-eye, but I'm sure it was there. Unfortunately, I picked a bad podium because the people on the other side ordering too FOREVER to order and there were a bunch of them in their party too.
Now, on with the show!
We had 5:15 ressie at Ohana and were about 10 min late. We checked in and had to wait about a half hour. In the meantime Keith went to see if lovey had been turned in to lost and found and it hadnt. I'm can't recall if I mentioned lovey previously, but love is Alex's little stuffed thing - bear head with a blakent bottom. He sleeps with it at night and had it with him on arrival days since he hadn't been feeling well. Well, lovey got lost once we arrived at the Poly. We dont know where it is or where exactly it was lost at. We decided someone must have picked it up in the lobby and kept it or something as it made it off the bus anyway. He never asked for lovey during the entire trip. Once we were back home the following night he asked for it and I had to tell him lovey decided to stay at WDW. He cried and that was the end of it. Whew!
So about a half hour past our reservation time (I'm guessing at the time, but it seemded that long), we were seated. 'Ohana is a hard reservation to get. I ended up making one for 5 as that was available and then told them only 4 when we checked in. Dinner was delicious and sooo much food. Service was kind of slow though. Started with drinks (pomegranate lemonade was really good), and the bread (no butter though. butter would have made it better), then came the salad (yummy; I could have had just that for a meal) then the pot stickers and wings. Next out came the broccoli and noodles and the meats. The shrimp was ok, the steak ok, the turkey delicious and really moist. The pork was good as well. I wasn't a fan of having the peel the shrimp and the steak was kind of tough. Then they brought out the delicious bread pudding. I could have eaten the entire dish myself it was so yummy. It did need more ice cream. Note to self - order extra ice cream with it next time. I can see why the reservations are hard to get here. Soooo yummy!!!
After dinner the boys wanted to (you guessed it) swim so we got our stuff and headed to the beach and the volcano pool. I took my refillable mug with for drinks for us. We swam for a while and the back to the room for showers and bed around 9pm.
CHUNK HURLING ALERT:
During the night I woke up not feeling very well. I ended up throwing up a couple of times before finally going back to sleep. I caught the bug that the boys had. I knew it would pass and I would be better within the next 24 hrs. I NEVER get sick. I couldn't tell you the last time I had any type of flu-bug. But, the trooper / disney addict that I am trekked on! I'm glad to say that was the end of the chunk hurling on our trip!
Friday 4/23 - MK
Wake up call was sent for 7:00 as I really wanted to see the opening ceremony at the MK today. This was another of my must-do items as I have never seen it yet. My stomach was still quezy all the next day, but I wasn't going to let that stop me! We made it out of the room in plenty of time, hopped on the monorail, through bag check and the turnstiles and secured a place to watch the opening. I wished I had looked at a watch to see how we did on time, but I didn't. I just know we were there in plenty of time and had a short wait (10-15minutes). We didnt eat breakfast in the room before we left and I kept hoping everyone would hold out for an early lunch. The opening show is really neat and I hope to see it again in the future, but if not, I did video tape the whole thing. Unfortunately, we didn't see it on our other MK day.
After the show, the crowds rushed thru the tunnels. It was crazy busy and main street was packed. At one point as we were walking, a dad pushing a stroller stopped, yelled back at his wife youre going to slow, give her to me and took off carrying one child, pushing another. I just had to laugh. They must have either been late to BBB or took the Dumbo dash a little too seriously! That became our catch phrase during the week "your going to slow, give her to me".
Ahh.................the first glimpse of the castle and the morning rush!
Alex loved the garbage cans spitting out the bubbles. I love the CMs waving with their Mickey hands. I even bought a pair so when Evan leaves for school I can wave to him. (I do and it embarasses him!)
Now my biggest planning dilema is always what to do first. So todays agenda involved me grabbing 2 fps for Space Mountain and two for Buzz to use later in the day while Keith and the boys headed to the Speedway (best to get that long one out of the way first!). The line for Space on standby was way out the door, posted 20 min I think.
I quickly secured the fps and went to meet the guys at Tomorrowland Speedway. I went up on the grandstand viewing area to watch them and they were still standing in line. There was only one side loading this early in the morning so it was slow. As they got closer to getting in their cars, I walked to the edge of the grandstand and asked the guy if I could hop in the car with Evan since he was going to drive by himself. He let me in, which was very nice of him to do (pixie dust) (Im sure there was some stink-eye in there somewhere). Evan was tall enough to drive by himself, which was the plant, but I dont know that he could have driven the entire track himself. He had me push down on the gas pedal while he steered. Hes a crazy driver and I dread the day he gets his permit.
After the Speedway, we headed to Fantasyland. On our way, we stopped to get some muffins and water (5 snack credits) for breakfast which we ate while we walked. Commando in me really didn't want to stop for food! There were rides to be ridden!! That and I wasn't very hungry being sick and all. Since we were near Pooh, we went on that first. I think it showed a 10 minute wait, but it went very quickly.
After Pooh we walked over to Snow White and walked right on (I think it showed a 0 wait). After SW, we tried to pull out the sword, but were not strong enough (or lucky enough).
We then hopped onto the carousel with no wait. Alex wanted to ride Dumbo and I tried to talk him out of it knowing the wait would be forever at this time. It was showing 30 minutes and Keith said he would take Alex on it. (I'm horrified at the thought of waiting 30 minutes for a ride. I guess I read TGM too much). So while they waited, Evan and I grabbed fps for Peter Pan to use later and then walked onto IASW. When we were done, we went back over to Dumbo to see how close they were to riding. They were getting ready to get on so we stayed and watched them and took some pictures.
After Dumbo, we headed over to Haunted Mansion. I was hoping it didnt scare the crap out of Alex and debated on asking to skip the stretching room with him. We decided to take him in there and he was fine as long as Keith was showing him the silly pictures in the room. Alex rode with Keith and Evan and I were together. Evan really liked it, but Alex not so much.
We were eligible for a new set of fps so we went to Splash Mountain to get 4 to use later. After getting those, we headed to lunch at Pecos Bills. I had the chicken Caesar salad, carrot cake and water (didnt eat the dessert). Keith had the angus burger, carrot cake and tea. Alex had the kids cheeseburger, grapes and cookie. Evan had the kids chicken salad, grapes and cookie. My salad was good, what I ate of it anyway. My stomach was still quezy. Evan didn't like the ranch dressing he put on his salad, so he didn't eat much of it. Sorry - no food porn. The seating area is always packed and the tables small.
After lunch we headed back to Splash to use the fps. Alex refused to go on this, so Keith and Evan went first. In the meantime, I was going to get fps for BTRM, but had to wait for our window to open back up. Alex and I also waited in the play area near the exit of Splash. That area is crowded and hot.
After both rides on Splash, we headed over to BTRM. Keith went as far as the ride and then stepped over to get off, so the three of us rode in one car in the very front. Keith thought it would make him sick so he decided to skip it. We decided it best he wait to skip it until the last minute so Alex would chicken out too. Alex wasnt too thrilled with this ride, but Evan loved it. We then stopped for a snack; a strawberry bar for Alex (bribe to ride BTRM) and an itzakadoozie for Evan (2 snack credits). One of the many strawberry bars to be consumed throughout the week.
We then made our way over to Adventureland to ride Pirates which showed a short wait as well (10 or 15 mintues), however there must have been a problem as we were close to boarding as the line stalled out. During this time, we had line cutters. I thought they were looking for others in their party, but where they stopped, you could tell they werent with the others around them. They were getting the stink eye from me! After Pirates, we headed to Tomorrowland to use our FPs from the morning. Evan and I went on Space Mountain while Keith and Alex rode Buzz. Space Mountain almost made me sicke. I really thought I was going to hurl more chunks during this ride! We then headed out of the park for the day as we had dinner reservations at 1900 Park Fare and I wanted to shower before dinner.
Ok, I just looked close and it is a PIN for me on the offer. 
We entered and sat in the first row and the boys were right up front. Neither got called on and Evan was holding Alexs arm down to prevent him from asking a question. Who knows what he would have come up with for a question. It was cute and I videotaped the entire show. 
